tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post116186968977614571..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Today's question – The MilitaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1162217553483467822006-10-30T09:12:00.000-05:002006-10-30T09:12:00.000-05:00lolly: goofy, is what it is. Rotating air force an...lolly: <B>goofy</B>, is what it is. <BR/><BR/>Rotating air force and naval personnel to infantry duty? All you're doing is either showing that your infantry are poorly trained, or getting everybody around those transplantees killed because infantry <I>do</I> need proper training and these guys don't have it.Demostheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552994996411944134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1161882797963255072006-10-26T13:13:00.000-04:002006-10-26T13:13:00.000-04:00Olaf, I prefer to think of it as standing-up for C...Olaf, I prefer to think of it as standing-up for Canadians. :)<BR/><BR/>Bailey, I'm sure that's where the Cons would like to take it. But I think the recent stories referenced are symptoms of the military trying to meet the new comitments Harper made with the mission extension. They've bitten off more than the military can chew, and so they're scrambling to meet the needs. The Liberals were taking steps to increase enrolment but it won't happen overnight, hence the Conservative scrambling.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1161881885314514642006-10-26T12:58:00.000-04:002006-10-26T12:58:00.000-04:00Tatoos and body piercing, are a no, no if you are ...Tatoos and body piercing, are a no, no if you are a new recruit in the military. These are permanent decorations therefore the debate is really about changing the criteria for Recruitment. <BR/><BR/>Jeff, you are good at posing the Q? and one could go like this <BR/>Mr/Madame Speaker Is there any truth to the story in XYZ that the Government has rejected women/men who have pierced ears or other body parts on their application into the CFB particulary at a time when the same Government is actively recruitiing.......<BR/><BR/>As for using the other 2 Forces, as foot soldiers,not such a popular concept at 19 Wing Escadre.Lollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113905007765409622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1161877708855732482006-10-26T11:48:00.000-04:002006-10-26T11:48:00.000-04:00Jeff,You're a puppet master. And a particularly e...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>You're a <A HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061025.welexnad1025/BNStory/National/home" REL="nofollow">puppet master</A>. And a particularly evil one at that.Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434267803807108634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1161876945115459312006-10-26T11:35:00.000-04:002006-10-26T11:35:00.000-04:00I like this question. Although, I imagine that th...I like this question. <BR/><BR/>Although, I imagine that the answer will be somewhere along the lines of how the Liberals neglected the military and did not recruit properly or something similar to that. If the Liberal's had supported the military then this policy wouldn't have changed because more people would be members of the military today. <BR/><BR/>Then the debate would lead into the causal effects of participation in the military. Is the enrollments low because the Liberal Party apparently neglected the military or is the enrollment low because many young Canadian's have no interest in the military?<BR/><BR/>I tend to think the latter. <BR/><BR/>Also, note, it's not as if the fitness test was even that difficult to begin with.Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12423615329119443537noreply@blogger.com